Nearly $1.413B in strategic funding swallows by the digital economy last week.
Ele.me , a food delivery service based in Shanghai has shook up the landscape with $630M / Series F; while Fanatics; an online retailer captured $300M in Private Equity and Mirantis Inc , a B2B cloud computing services company grabbed $100M / Series C.
Overall, Connectikpeople.co recalls:
$10M / Series A for
HelloTech ; an on-demand technical
support platform that sends in-person representatives to help customers
with issues like setting up a new device or removing a virus. This round brings
HelloTech's total funding to $14.5M, and marks the company's third round of
funding in 2015.
Investors include: Madrona Venture Group.
$25M / Venture for
Spoonflower that provides
on-demand custom printing of fabric,
wallpaper, and wrapping paper. With the new funding, the company plans to
introduce new product offerings and accelerate international expansion.
Investors include: North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity and Bull City Venture Partners.
$35M / Series C for
Intercom; a
customer communication platform with
a suite of integrated products including sales, marketing, product, and
support. The company will use the new capital to double the size of its team
and offer more sales and support products.
Investors include: Bessemer Venture Partners, The Social+Capital Partnership and Iconiq Capital.
$29M / Series C for
Freee; an automated online accounting software
that syncs with bank accounts and automatically categorise entries to create
financial reports.
Investors include: DCM and Recruit Holdings.
$30M / Series B for
Everything But The
House (EBTH); an online estate sale
marketplace, that helps people who are downsizing sell their stuff to
bargain hunters and collectors around the world.
Investors include: Greycroft Partners, Spark Capital and Greenspring Associates.
$100M / Series C for
Mirantis Inc; a B2B cloud computing services company
that provides technology and support for clients to build and run open source
cloud infrastructures.
Investors include: Intel Capital; Goldman Sachs; August Capital and others.
$42M / Series B for
Ehang ; the maker
of app-controlled drone Ghost for
consumer and industrial users. The company will use the new capital to develop
new products and expand its app ecosystem.
Investors include: GGV Capital; ZhenFund; PreAngel and others.
$50M / Series C for
Coursera that partners
with universities and organizations around the world to offer free online courses. With $135M in
total funding to date, the company will use the new funds to fuel international
growth.
Investors include: New Enterprise Associates; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Times Internet.
$300M / Private Equity for
Fanatics ; an online retailer of officially licensed
sports merchandise. The company has raised over $600M in total equity funding.
Investors include: Silver Lake Partners.
$3.0M / Series A for
Remerge that helps
app developers analyse their app's user
base for marketing campaigns, including segmenting them into groups and
then retargeting those groups of users in the same or other apps.
Investors include: German Startups Group , Point Nine Capital,VC Fonds Technologie Berlin.
$67M / Series D for
iZettle ; a mobile payments company that offers
small businesses portable point of sale solutions and free sales overview
tools. It will use its Series D funding to grow its existing products.
Investors include: Creandum; Dawn Capital, Index Ventures and more.
$630M / Series F for
Ele.me, a food delivery service based in
Shanghai. Ele.me has raised $1.1B to date, making it China's third most funded
startup.
Investors include: CITIC Capital Holdings, Hualian, JD.com and others.
$10M / Series A for
Fluxx ; a
collaborative work platform that takes the headache out of the grantmaking
process for foundations and non-profits. With this new funding, Fluxx will
advance the development and deployment of its software.
Investors include: Felicis Ventures and Kresge Foundation.
$82M / Series F for
ServiceMax that provides
field service management solutions for
technicians through cloud and mobile software. The latest round brings the
company's total funding to over $200M.
Investors include: Trinity Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Emergence Capital Partners and more.